2011年2月14日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Afghan war costs $300 million a day: Pentagon (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 02:00 PM PST

US troops patrol the streets of the ethnically-divided Iraqi city of Kirkuk, north of the capital Baghdad in 2010. The withdrawal of American troops from Iraq will allow for a reduced US defense budget in 2012 but the war in Afghanistan still costs the United States close to 300 million dollars a day.(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - The withdrawal of American troops from Iraq will allow for a reduced US defense budget in 2012 but the war in Afghanistan still costs the United States close to 300 million dollars a day.

Obama keeps Afghan war spending, Iraq costs down (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 12:32 PM PST

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed spending almost $110 billion on Afghanistan, signaling little let-up in the U.S. war drive despite demands for tougher spending controls at home.

Iraq diverts F-16 budget for food rations (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 11:49 AM PST

A US F-16 fighter jet releases flares during an exercise in 2010. Iraq has postponed the planned purchase of 18 F-16 fighter planes from the United States this year and diverted the funds to feeding the poor, an official said on Monday, amid growing protests that have been inspired by the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - Iraq has postponed the planned purchase of 18 F-16 fighter planes from the United States this year and diverted the funds to feeding the poor, an official said on Monday, amid growing protests that have been inspired by the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

Iraqis target leaders in Valentine protest (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 08:58 AM PST

Iraqis hold placards with large red hearts in Baghdad as they hold a Valentine's Day rally to call on their leaders to love the war-battered country rather than rob its resources, an organiser told AFP.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Brandishing roses and balloons and dressed in Valentine red, hundreds of young Iraqis denounced the "greed" of their leaders in a protest on Monday inspired by the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

Iraqis stage Valentine's Day protest over government corruption, poor services (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 08:34 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Several hundred Iraqi activists marked Valentine's Day with a protest for better services and governance in Baghdad on Monday, the latest in a series of small demonstrations across Iraq inspired by protester-driven upheavals in Egypt and Tunisia.

Iraq delays purchase of US fighter jets (AP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 08:19 AM PST

This handout picture from the US Defence Department US soldiers giving directions to Afghan Militia Force (AMF) troops during a combat operation in Afghanistan, 2004. The withdrawal of American troops from Iraq will allow for a reduced US defense budget in 2012 but the war in Afghanistan still costs the United States close to 300 million dollars a day.(AFP/HO/DOD/File)AP - Iraq's government spokesman says the country is delaying the purchase of 18 U.S. fighter jets over budget problems.

Arab summit in Baghdad on March 29 (AFP)

Posted: 14 Feb 2011 05:58 AM PST

Arab League chief Amr Mussa addresses a news conference at the Cairo headquarters. Arab heads of state will hold their annual summit in Baghdad on March 29, Iraq's ambassador to the Arab League told reporters.(AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)AFP - Arab leaders on Monday called an annual summit for March 29 after popular uprisings transformed the political landscape of the volatile but long autocratic region.

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